The New York Mets will look very different this season.

Their fans, of course, are hoping that’s a good thing. But they’ll have to wait until teams actually take the field to find out for sure after this offseason of change.

The Mets no longer have Pete Alonso, Edwin Diaz, Brandon Nimmo or Jeff McNeil.

But they do now have Bo Bichette, Jorge Polanco, Marcus Semien, Luis Robert Jr., Freddy Peralta, Devin Williams and Luke Weaver.

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It’s an offseason that earned a grade of A-minus from The Athletic’s Jim Bowden in his league-wide assessment of the offseason.

Bowden does raise two key points, though.

The first is about first base, where Polanco is slated to take over for Alonso.

“Jorge Polanco has 20-homer power but can’t match the power of Alonso, whom he’s replacing, and will be moving to a position (first base) he has little experience playing,” Bowden writes.

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On paper, it’ll be a downgrade in overall production for the Mets from that position after they opted not to win a bidding war with the Orioles for Alonso.

Then there’s the Kodai Senga question.

“Can Kodai Senga stay healthy? If he’s at his best, alongside Peralta and (Nolan) McLean, it would give the Mets a trio of starters that could thrive in the postseason,” Bowden writes.

Senga had a 3.02 ERA in 2025, but it was 6.56 in his last eight starts before he was sent down to Triple-A as he battled health problems that also limited him to just one start in 2024.

If Polanco can handle first base and hit well, and Senga can stay healthy and pitch well, the Mets can be very, very good.

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